New Zealand
Population 2026
5,287,477
Overview
- Yearly change
- +0.68%
- Density
- 20 per km²
- Land area
- 263,310 km²
- Capital
- Wellington
- Currency
- Dollar (NZD)
- Official languages
- EN-NZ, MI
- Urban population
- 84.0%
- Continent
- OC
Demographics
- Births
- 57,9992026
- Deaths
- 39,9242026
- Birth rate
- 11.0per 1,000
- Death rate
- 7.1per 1,000
- Fertility rate
- 1.57
- Life expectancy
- 82.0At birth, years
- Median age
- 38.0
- Net migration
- 17,403
Age distribution
- 0–1417.9%
- 15–6464.5%
- 65+17.6%
Population by year
Economy
- GDP
- $264B
- GDP per capita
- $49.6K
- GDP growth
- +0.5%
- Inflation
- 2.8%
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Exports
- $64.6B
- Imports
- $67.9B
- Tourism receipts
- 18.8%% of exports
Economic output by sector (% of GDP)
- Agriculture4.0%
- Industry19.4%
- Manufacturing8.3%
- Services68.2%
Employment by sector (%)
- Agriculture5.4%
- Industry19.9%
- Services74.6%
Largest cities
| # | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | AucklandAuckland | 1,547,2002026 |
| 2 | ChristchurchCanterbury | 419,2002026 |
| 3 | WellingtonWellington Region | 381,9002019 |
| 4 | Manukau CityAuckland | 362,0002026 |
| 5 | HamiltonWaikato Region | 192,1002026 |
| 6 | TaurangaBay of Plenty | 161,0002026 |
| 7 | DunedinOtago | 132,8002026 |
| 8 | Lower HuttWellington Region | 114,2002026 |
| 9 | Palmerston NorthManawatu-Wanganui | 90,5002026 |
| 10 | New PlymouthTaranaki Region | 90,1002026 |
Populated place as listed by GeoNames. Not a metropolitan-area figure.
Historical statistics
| Year | Population | Births | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5,287,477 | 58.0K | 39.9K |
| 2020 | 5,069,895 | 57.4K | 32.7K |
| 2010 | 4,347,766 | 63.4K | 28.8K |
| 2000 | 3,857,576 | 56.6K | 26.9K |
| 1990 | 3,396,981 | 59.8K | 26.4K |
| 1980 | 3,146,325 | 50.8K | 26.5K |
| 1970 | 2,822,184 | 62.1K | 24.6K |
| 1960 | 2,379,482 | 63.2K | 20.7K |
| 1950 | 1,911,265 | 49.1K | 18.0K |